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The influential intellectuals who became religious believers

Dec 19, 2024 | archive.ph | Greg Sheridan

The sharpest historian in the West, Niall Ferguson, thinks throwing away Christianity was pretty dumb. Doing so hurt our culture; more important, it has hurt individual human beings. Striking words, coming from a ‘lapsed athiest’. Niall Ferguson is perhaps the most influential historian, and one of the most influential intellectuals, in the world today.
Telling the truth about Trump has never been more important

Sep 17, 2024 | bignewsnetwork.com | Greg Sheridan

If journalists are not going to accurately mediate politics for their audiences, what is the point of journalism? This question is particularly pertinent when it comes to live-streamed events like the U.S. election debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Why do we need journalists to tell us what happened, when we can watch for ourselves and their analysis often defies what we can see with our own eyes?
Telling the truth about Trump has never been more important

Sep 16, 2024 | independentaustralia.net | Victoria Fielding |Greg Sheridan

If journalists are not going to accurately mediate politics for their audiences, what is the point of journalism? This question is particularly pertinent when it comes to live-streamed events like the U.S. election debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Why do we need journalists to tell us what happened, when we can watch for ourselves and their analysis often defies what we can see with our own eyes?
Fact checking the myths on Dutton's Palestinian visa ban

Aug 21, 2024 | independentaustralia.net | Abul Rizvi |Greg Sheridan

Australians have been subjected to a torrent of myth-making after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, in full Donald Trump mode, declared he wouldn’t allow any visas to be granted to Palestinians fleeing the war in Gaza. In the scramble to justify Dutton’s thought bubble, his colleagues David Littleproud, Dan Tehan and James Paterson have been quick to offer all sorts of justifications for Dutton’s position. The Murdoch press has turbo-charged the myth-making with alarming enthusiasm.
TikTok, bowing to EU, withdraws rewards programme

Aug 5, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Greg Sheridan |Laurence Norman |Benjamin Katz |Paul Garvey

TikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to pressure from European regulators, the EU and the Chinese-owned company said Monday. TikTok Lite arrived in France and Spain -- the only EU countries where it is available -- in April this year. Users aged 18 and over can earn points to exchange for goods like vouchers or gift cards through the app's rewards programme.
Recommendation class above rivals in Bletchingly Stakes victory

Jul 27, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Gilbert Gardiner |Alex Demetriadi |Greg Sheridan

Champion jockey Blake Shinn rated Recommendation to perfection to complete the Sir John Monash-Bletchingly Stakes Group 3 double at Caulfield. Recommendation, who bolted in the Monash by seven lengths first-up, held a comfortable 1¾-length margin in the Bletchingly as $1.35 favourite with TAB. “He’s a really genuine horse this fella, I had some reservations coming into today at a strong 1200m if there was pressure applied, he ticked that box today,” Shinn said.
Resurgent Pogacar set for Tour de France duel with road-rusty Vingegaard

Jun 26, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Dennis Shanahan |Greg Sheridan |Natasha Bita |John McCormick |John Mccormick

The Tour de France sets off from the Italian city of Florence on Saturday with Tadej Pogacar well prepped for a battle royale with defending champion Jonas Vingegaard on a route designed to take the world's greatest bike race down to the wire. Team UAE's rider Pogacar goes into the 21-day race in red-hot form after winning the Giro d'Italia in May. Visma's Vingegaard, the two-time defending champion from Denmark, hasn't raced since suffering multiple fractures in a fall in March.
Katalin Novak: Hungary’s first female president resigns over child sex abuse pardoning scandal

Feb 11, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Elizabeth Pike |Greg Sheridan

Hungary’s first female president, Katalin Novak, has announced her resignation over a pardon granted to a man convicted of covering up sexual abuse in a children’s home. Ms Novak, 46, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the youngest person to hold the office of president, resigned on Saturday just a week after her presidential pardon was first reported.
Israel travel warning: Israeli people warned against travelling to Australia over anti-Semitism fears

Dec 4, 2023 | theaustralian.com.au | Madeleine Achenza |Jacquelin Magnay |Greg Sheridan |Anne Barrowclough

Israel has warned its citizens against travelling to Australia and dozens of other countries over fears they could face anti-Semitism. The Israeli National Security Council (NSC) raised its travel warning levels over increased anti-Semitic incidents and attempted attacks against Jews and Israelis around the world.